Zimbabwe has lifted all Covid-19 restrictive measures! [update]

update (14 June 2023): However, the Zimbabwean Minister of Health has issued an order on 09 June 2023 that returning residents and visitors to Zimbabwe no longer have to produce a negative COVID-19 PCR test result, or a vaccination certificate at the country's ports of entry.

Zimbabwe has lifted all restrictive measures that it had put in place to curb the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic with effected from 09 May 2023. Travellers are no longer required to produce Covid-19 vaccination certificates at ports of entry or at tourist resorts around the country. All border measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 have also been lifted. The same applies to the mandatory wearing of face masks indoors in Zimbabwe.
The decision to lift all Covid-19 measures by the Zimbabwean government follows a World Health Organization (WHO) announcement that Covid-19 is now an established and ongoing health issue which no longer constitutes a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC).

World Health Organization: Yellow fever certificates now have lifetime validity!

According to an "Amendment to International Health Regulations (2005), Annex 7 (yellow fever)" by the World Health Organization (WHO), all properly issued yellow fever vaccination certificates have legal validity for the lifetime of the traveller instead of 10 years with effect from 11 July 2016. The lifetime validity of these yellow fever vaccination certificates applies automatically to certificates issued after 11 July 2016, as well as certificates already issued.

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South Africa: Rift Valley Fever outbreak - WHO is warning tourists to take precautions

Due to the recent Rift Valley Fever outbreak in South Africa the World Health Organisation (WHO) is warning people travelling to South Africa about the risk of contracting the desease.
The Rift Valley fever outbreak (Free State, Eastern Cape, Northern Cape, Western Cape, & North West Province) has currently (05 May 2010) infected around 170 people and led to deaths of at least 15 people. WHO is not advising any travel restrictions for South Africa, but it is warning tourists to take precautions. Travellers in South Africa are being advised to avoid contact with raw animal products and to cover up against mosquitoes which may carry the viral disease.

WHO advises no international travel restriction to or from South Africa. However, WHO recommends that visitors to South Africa, especially those intending to visit farms and/or game reserves, avoid coming into contact with animal tissues or blood, avoid drinking unpasteurized or uncooked milk or eating raw meat. All travellers should take appropriate precautions against mosquito bites (use of mosquito nets, insect repellents). Travel medicine professionals and travel medicine services should be aware of the current RVF situation in South Africa in order to provide advice and care accordingly. [src.]

WHO update from 12 May 2010:
[...] WHO advises no international travel restriction to or from South Africa. However, WHO recommends that visitors to South Africa, especially those intending to visit farms and/or game reserves, avoid coming into contact with animal tissues or blood, avoid drinking unpasteurized or uncooked milk or eating raw meat.[...] [src.]

MASSIVEGOOD initiative - airline tickets to raise cash for AIDS fight

The Millennium Foundation for Innovative Finance for Health today announced MASSIVEGOOD, a new, innovative travel-related fundraising initiative that will help finance health care for the world's poor. During a high level meeting at the United Nations, leading representatives of the global travel and tourism industry joined, for the first time ever, to declare their support for this program.
The initiative will allow travelers to give a small $2 'micro-contribution' every time they purchase travel services which will go towards fighting HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis in developing countries through a WHO-hosted organization, UNITAID.(via prnewswire)

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